Country Sessions
Location: Windsor Barra Convention & Expo Center, Level 2, Oceania IX-X
Fee: Included with registration
An important compliment to the technical program, ICE 2025 Special Country Sessions provide participants with an overview of energy industry activity on key countries in the Latin America and Caribbean Region as well as in India and Africa.
Each session includes brief overview presentations delivered by operators and regulators followed by a moderated panel discussion highlighting recent exploration activity and investment opportunities in the geographic area being highlighted.
Discussions will not only revolve around the geological potential of the key countries but also the overall political and economic outlooks that will impact business decisions and exploration strategies. See country session times, speakers and chairs below.
Date: Wednesday, 1 October
Time: 13:30-15:00
Chairs: Henrique Penteado, Petrobras; Aloisio Pellon and Brava Energia
Panelists:
Rogerio Soares Cunha
General Manager Exploration, Petrobras
Marina Abelha
Promotions & Licensing Superintendent, ANP
André Picarelli
Subsurface Executive Manager, PRIO
Lucio Prevatti
General Manager Exploration, Development and Subsurface, Shell
Alberto J. García
Technical Manager, Repsol Sinopec, Brasil
Date: Wednesday, 1 October
Time: 15:30-17:00
Chairs: Xavier Moonan and Victor Vega
Panelists:
Paul Riley
South America Exploration Manager, ExxonMobil
Sharista Koensingh
Acting Exploration Manager, Offshore Directorate, Staatsolie
Joe Ponthier
General Manager Exploration – South America Frontier, Chevron, Chevron
James Geary
Area Exploration Manager, TotalEnergies
Harris Saifi Hakimi
Americas Venture General Manager, Petronas
Date: Thursday, 2 October
Time: 08:30-10:00
Chairs: Sylvia Anjos and Victor Vega
Panelists:
Matt Chandler
Managing Director, ExxonMobil Gas
Sushma Rawat
Independent Expert for India E&P Sector
Shri Trailukya Borgohain
Director (Operations), Oil India Limited
Shri Vinod Seshan
Joint Secretary (Exploration), Directorate General of Hydrocarbons, Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
OP Sinha
Director (Exploration), ONGC
Date: Thursday, 2 October
Time: 10:30-12:00
Chair: Marcio Rocha Mello
Panelists:
Ricardo Bedregal
Executive Director - Upstream Operations LATAM and Frontier North America, S&P Global
Henri Houllevigue
Vice President of Geoscience, TGS
Luiz Gamboa
Adjunct Professor, Universidade Federal Fluminense
Webster Mohriak
Full Professor, Universidade do Estado de Rio de Janeiro
Marcio Rocha Mello
CEO, NEC
Date: Thursday, 2 October
Time: 13:30-15:00
Chairs: Pablo Gristo, ANCAP and Juan Pablo Lovecchio, YPF
Fernanda Raggio
Vice President of Exploration, YPF
Pedro Biscayart
Vaca Muerta Studies Director, Tecpetrol
Eytan Uliel
CEO, Challenger
Santiago Ferro
Energy Transition Manager, ANCAP
Date: Thursday, 2 October
Time: 15:30-17:00
Chairs: Liliana Gomez, Shell Colombia; Flover Rodriguez, ACGGP
Panelists:
Orlando Velandia
President, ANH
Marcos Galvão,
GM for Colombia Exploration Assets, Petrobras
Orlando Cabrales
CEO, FronteraEnergy
Rafael Guzman
Executive Vice President Hydrocarbons, Ecopetrol
*Invited
Date: Friday, 3 October
Time: 10:30-12:00
Chairs: Ana Maria Goncalves, YPFB Chaco; Frederico Seminario, PetroTal Corp
Panelists:
Max Torres
COO, PetroTal Corp
Pedro Owaldo Chira
President of the Directorate, Perupetro
Pedro Romero
Vice President of Exploration, Oxy
Valeria Cerqueira Conde
President, Petrobras Bolivia
Vitor Abreu
CTO Fluxus Oil, Gas & Energy